<p>Kate Bowler is a religious historian and Professor at the Duke Divinity School. She’s also a witty, warm, wildly successful author, wife and mom living with Stage IV Cancer.</p> <p>Much of Kate’s early work was focused on the Prosperity Gospel - the belief that if you had the right faith, and prayed the right prayers, God would reward you with health, wealth and happiness.</p> <p>Soon after writing “Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel” Kate got diagnosed with Stage IV Colon Cancer at the age of 35. Oh, the irony.</p> <p>Her newest book <a href="http://www.nocurebook.com/"><u>No Cure for Being Human</u></a> follows the bestseller “Everything Happens for a Reason: and Other Lies I’ve Loved” which all challenge the American belief that all tragedies are tests of character.</p> <p>As you’ll hear, Kate felt like an old friend who’d happily greet me on one of those wraparound southern porches with a cup of tea and Ted Lasso biscuits.</p> <p>We laughed and we laugh-cried as we compared stories and empathized with our shared grief. Because sometimes, there is no good answer to “why us?” but we move forward anyway.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nocurebook.com/"><u>No Cure for Being Human</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://katebowler.com/everything-happens-for-a-reason-2/"><u>Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://katebowler.com/podcasts/"><u>Everything Happens</u></a> Podcast</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/katecbowler/"><u>@katecbowler</u></a></p> <p>More at <a href="http://www.notimetowasteproject.com/"><u>www.notimetowasteproject.com</u></a> or follow IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/notimetowasteproject/"><u>@notimetowasteproject</u></a></p>

No Time to Waste

Alison Hadden

43. Religious Historian Kate Bowler | Laugh-Crying

SEP 27, 202146 MIN
No Time to Waste

43. Religious Historian Kate Bowler | Laugh-Crying

SEP 27, 202146 MIN

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<p>Kate Bowler is a religious historian and Professor at the Duke Divinity School. She’s also a witty, warm, wildly successful author, wife and mom living with Stage IV Cancer.</p> <p>Much of Kate’s early work was focused on the Prosperity Gospel - the belief that if you had the right faith, and prayed the right prayers, God would reward you with health, wealth and happiness.</p> <p>Soon after writing “Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel” Kate got diagnosed with Stage IV Colon Cancer at the age of 35. Oh, the irony.</p> <p>Her newest book <a href="http://www.nocurebook.com/"><u>No Cure for Being Human</u></a> follows the bestseller “Everything Happens for a Reason: and Other Lies I’ve Loved” which all challenge the American belief that all tragedies are tests of character.</p> <p>As you’ll hear, Kate felt like an old friend who’d happily greet me on one of those wraparound southern porches with a cup of tea and Ted Lasso biscuits.</p> <p>We laughed and we laugh-cried as we compared stories and empathized with our shared grief. Because sometimes, there is no good answer to “why us?” but we move forward anyway.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nocurebook.com/"><u>No Cure for Being Human</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://katebowler.com/everything-happens-for-a-reason-2/"><u>Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://katebowler.com/podcasts/"><u>Everything Happens</u></a> Podcast</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/katecbowler/"><u>@katecbowler</u></a></p> <p>More at <a href="http://www.notimetowasteproject.com/"><u>www.notimetowasteproject.com</u></a> or follow IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/notimetowasteproject/"><u>@notimetowasteproject</u></a></p>